Reita Faria

Reita Faria

Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	1945 (age 78–79) Mumbai, India
Alma mater	Grant Medical College & Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals King's College Hospital, London
Occupation	Model, Doctor
Height
Title(s)	Miss Bombay 1966 Eve's Weekly Miss India 1966 Miss World 1966
Major competition(s)	Miss Bombay 1966 (Winner) Eve's Weekly Miss India 1966 (Winner) Miss World 1966 (Winner)
Spouse	Dr. David Powell(m.1971)
Children	2

Reita Faria Powell (born c. 1945) born to goan parents in british Bombay(now mumbai) is an Indian model, doctor and beauty queen who won Miss World 1966, to become the first Asian woman to win the event. She went on to become the first Miss World winner to qualify as a Doctor.

Career

Faria was born in Mumbai. After winning the Miss Mumbai Crown earlier that year, she won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest (not to be confused with the Femina Miss India competition, won that year by Yasmin Daji).

After her one-year tenure as Miss World, she refused modeling and films and instead concentrated on medical studies. Reita Faria was a student at the Grant Medical College & Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals where she completed her M.B.B.S. degree. Thereafter she went on to study at King's College Hospital, London. She married her mentor David Powell in 1971, and in 1973, the couple shifted to Dublin, where she started her medical practice.

Reita was a judge at Femina Miss India in 1998, and has come back to judge the Miss World competition on a few occasions. For instance she was a judge along with Demis Roussos at the Miss World final of 1976 held in London where Cindy Breakespeare was crowned Miss World.

Personal life

She now lives in Dublin, Ireland, with her husband, endocrinologist David Powell, whom she married in 1971. They have two children and five grandchildren.

Sources

• http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1966.htm
• http://www.missworld.com

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Lesley Langley	Miss World 1966	Succeeded by Madeleine Hartog Bell
Preceded by Ferial Karim	Miss World India years= 1966	Succeeded by Jane Coelho